Sunday, June 29, 2008
Digital Divide?
So, I saw an article http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22818 about the digital divide and how it's not what was previously thought. Lower income children do have access to the internet more so now and are using it a lot for social networking. I guess the article caught my attention because I've been feeling a little tech-inadequate you could say. For example, I have a computer (an 8 year old desktop) but everyone in my study team has a fancy laptop. And the worst part is my computer at home is not in a convenient location, so I hardly can get on it. We've solved that problem, now I have more access to it, but I still feel like with all the new stuff out there I really need to suck it up and by a new computer - get a nice flat screen or a lap top or at least something with tons of memory for my videos and photos and then I can catch up and not be behind the times. But relating this to our students, I think there is going to be a disadvantage for students whose families either don't have a computer at home, or who don't have the latest and greatest. Feeling un connected here in Tosa...
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I feel the same way, Sarrah. My desktop is old and a little slow, too. At first I thought I could use this as an excuse for some high-tech "retail therapy," but the fact that so much of what we're doing is stored online and not on the hard drive has kind of talked me down from the tree. It seems that a decent processor speed and enough memory are all that is required. But don't let me spoil your fun.
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